English project: Museo de Botero

Museo de Botero is one of the most important museums in Bogotá. Its located in the Cra. 11 # 4-41. Its purpose is to promote the Colombian culture and make people more interested about art in all of it's ways. It is managed by Banco de La República. The artworks that we can find here are from about the 80's and 90's. It was founded in the year 2000. It has between 120 and 140 artworks from Fernando Botero and 98 from other international artists. From 500 people to 600 people enter the museum everyday in average. The people that go there are mostly students, schools and foreign people. The entrance is free and it is located in a very cultural zone in Bogotá.

All the artworks were donated by one of the most important artists in Colombia: Fernando Botero. Is worth saying that not all the artworks are authored by Botero, but also other world wide famous artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Slavador Dalí, Joán Miró and many others. The art of Fernando Botero is characterized by all the objects, animals and people being voluminous.

Mano

Pareja - Fernando Botero

Pablo Picasso

Naturaleza Muerta - Fernando Botero

As the tour guide said to me, the collections can't be changed or moved from the place they are and also here can't be new artworks in the gallery. The museum counts with 12 rooms organized in three categories: 1) Sculptures, 2) Oil paints, water paints, pastel, and charcoal and 3) International artists [any technique].